USA - Ridgeline Energy receives approval for Goshen South wind farm

Utility-scale wind project developer Ridgeline Energy has received approval from the Bingham County Planning and Zoning Commission to build the Goshen South wind farm, containing 150 wind turbines, on leased land in the Bingham County of the US state of Idaho.

The wind farm is expected to have the capability to generate up to 450MW of electricity. The wind farm will use only about 200 acres of the 20,212 total acres in the project area, thereby helping to preserve existing uses of the land.

The project is expected to rely primarily on improving existing public and farm roads to meet the wind farm's needs for road access.

Rich Rayhill, Ridgeline Energy's vice president, said: "The Goshen South project will more than double Idaho's wind energy production. It will help to diversify the region's energy supply and continues southeastern Idaho's tradition of clean energy generation. A 450MW wind farm will avoid the emission of more than two billion pounds of CO2 each year when compared with coal-fired electricity."